Display-cabinet



F. E. HALDEN.

DISPLAY CABINET.

(Application led Aug. 27, 1897.)

T Iq. 1

No. 606,7l4. Patented 1u|y 5, |898.

(N0v Mo'del.)

y UNTTED STATES PATENT @Trina FRANK EMIL HALDEN, vOF WINTHROP, MINNESOTA.

lDISPLAY-GABINET.v

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N9. 606,714, dated July 5, V189s.

Appneetienieanuguetzv,1297. sentire. 649,729." (remodel.)

To @ZZ wiz/'0m it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK EMIL HALDEN, of Winthrop, in the county of'Sibley and State of Minnesota, have invented a new and Improved Display-Cabinet, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of the invention is to provide a display-cabinet especially adapted for the exhibition of laces, embroideries, dress-trimmings, and other such goods in the full piece, and also forthe'display of handkerchiefs', neckties, dac., in boxes.

A further object of the invention is to pro? yvide a cabinet in which display-racks are placed in a manner which will exhibit the goods in the best possible manner and to the best possible advantage.

Another object of the invention is to so construct the racks and the devices for securing the racks in position that the said racks may be adj ustedso as to bring one end higher than the other and whereby the racks lmay be placed approximately horizontal or in a horizontal position, if required.

Another object of the invention is to construct the cabinet in such manner that all the goods displayed therein will be readily accessible and whereby the adjustment of the racks may be accomplished expeditiously and conveniently. Y

The invention lconsists in the novel construction and combination of the several parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth, and pointed out in* the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this speciiication, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a'vertical section through the cabinet, the said vsection being taken on the line I I of Fig. 2.l Fig. 2 is ahorizontal section taken substantially on the lineIlII of Fig.'v 1, illustrating in dotted lines the end sections of the cabinet as'op'ened outward. Fig.V 3 is a partial plan view of Va support for one of the racks and a section through a standard upon'which-the support is located, the section being on the line III VIII of Fig. 4; and Fig. 4 is a side elevation of the standard and the support for the racks illustrated in Fig. 3.

In the construction of the cabinet a base A is provided, and the body of the cabinet is usually divided into three sections-a central x'ed sectionB and two side sections B and B2, which are capable of being .carried outward to gain access to the central Yor iixed section. The fixed section consists of a back 10, which extends from the baseto a top 10a, and the top is of such length that it will extend over the spaces in which the movable sections B and B2 are p laced. At `the back of the fixed section two cornerfposts 1,1 are erected, extending from the base to the top, so constructed that they will hold between them a mirror 12 or apanel of anyk desired character, 'and at the front ofthe fixed section'two corner-posts 13 are constructed, extending also from the base to the top, and between the front corner-posts 13 a transparent pane 14 is preferably held. i

Each of the movable end sections B and B2 comprises a back 15, secured to a suitable floor llL and to a top 2l. Corner-posts 16 are provided fortheback of the end sections, between which a mirror 17 is preferably held or a panel of any description, and at the front of the end sections corner-posts 18 are erected, a transparent pane 19 being held between the front corner-posts, while between the cornerposts at 'the sides another transparentpane 2O is placed, and these panes, together with the mirror 17, are also fitted in the top and bottom portions of said sections.

Near each corner-post 11, at the back of the stationary section of the cabinet, a standard 22 is securely fastened, and similar standards 23 are located near each front corner-post of the said central section. A rear bar 24 and a front bar 25 are respectively supported by the rear and the front standards 22 and 23. At each end of each of the said bars, which may be termed supporting-bars, a sleeve 26 is secured in any suitable or approved manner, the sleeves being Iadapted to slide on the standards 22 and 23.. Each'sleeve is provided with a set-screw 27, whereby the supporting-arms 24 and 25 may be held in any position on the standards.

Each end section B and B2 of the cabinet is provided with two rear standards28 near the rear corner-posts and two corresponding front standards 29.

Each of IOO The rea-r standards 28 these supporting-bars at each end is provided with a sleeve 2G, corresponding to the sleeves 2G in the central or fixed section of the cabinet, and the sleeves 2G" are held in position on the standards 2S and 20 by means et" setscrews 27 or their equivalents.

Each supporting-bar is preferably L-shapcd in cross-section and is provided with a longitudinal series of apertures 32, the apertures in transversely-opposing supporting-bars bcing in corresponding location. The racks 33 are each preferably made of spring-wire bent upon itself to form a series of loops Si, the loops being ordinarily given a slight rearward inclination, and each end is provided with a terminal member adapted to enter an aperture 32 in a supporting-bar. The racks are preferably arranged in pairs, and the supporting-bars for the racks are usually so adjusted that the rear ends of the racks will be at a greater elevation than the forward ends, in order that the goods displayed on the racks maybe visible from the front from end to end of the racks. The racks will also usually be arranged one below the other in parallel order, as shown in Fig. l, the flexibility of the racks admitting of thc adjustment of one end higher than the other without inconvenience t0 the Operator.

The end sections D and B2 have a hinge connection at their back with the back ot' the fixed section and close between the base and the top extended from the central section. Thus by opening any one or both of the end sections et the cabinet access may be readily gained to the intermediate or fixed section l) for the removal of goods therefrom orfor the dressing of goods therein.

Having thus described my invention, l claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patentl. In a display-cabinet, standards and racks of yielding material formed in a series of loops and adj ustably supported by said standards, for the purpose set forth.

2. In a displaycabinet, standards, supporting-bars adjustably carried by the standards, and racks of a yielding` material formed in a series of loops and carried by the said supporting-bars, for the purpose set forth.

Il. In a display-cabinet, the combination, with standards and supports ad j ustabl y carried by the said standards, of racks made from a yielding material and convoluted, the convoluted racks having removable connection with the said supports, for the purpose specified.

t. In a display-cabinet, the combination, with standards, sleeves held to slide upon the said standards, locking devices for the sleeves, and supporting-bars connecting sundry of said sleeves, ot convoluted racks constructed of a yielding material, the ends of the racks being removably secured in opposing supporting-bars, for the purpose specified.

5. The combination, with a cabinet comprising a base and a top, a central fixed scction from which the base and top are projeeted at the ends, and end sections hinged to the fixed section, being adapted to close within the extended portions ot the base and the top, of standards secured in each of the said sections at the front and at the rear, supporting bars slidably connected with the standards in the several sections, locking devices for the supporting-bars, and convoluted racks located iu each section of the cabinet, being carried by the supportiiig-bars, for the purpose set forth.

FRANK EMU. llAliDlh'.

lllitnesses:

F. J. ltsHAnD, 'FRANK llaonnno. 

